An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
We have some decisions to make - as individuals, as a parish, and as a city. They are important decisions, not unlike the decision facing the disciples in today’s gospel (John 20:19-23) I say that in light of and specifically…
Read More We Have Some Decisions To Make – A Pentecost Sermon On Acts 2:1-21 And John 20:19-23
It’s been one year. It’s been one hell of a … year. Some days I feel the intensity, the rawness, and the pain of what has happened and what we’ve lost like it happened just yesterday. Other days it feels…
Read More People Of The Light – A Sermon On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting
Evening worship on the first anniversary of the Uvalde shooting will be offered on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. central time in person and online at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas. We welcome you to pray with and for us…
Read More Light And Hope – Evening Worship On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting
Shortly after Easter I attended a retreat that focused on creativity and spirituality. In one of the workshops we were invited to write our own psalm. I knew that I would write about the mass shooting that occurred in Uvalde…
Read More And What About You, O God? – My Lament On The First Anniversary Of The Uvalde Shooting
The Lord said to Amos, “See, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people.” (Amos 7:7-17) God speaks these words to Amos while standing next to a wall built with a plumb line. A plumb line,…
Read More Resetting Plumb Lines In Uvalde – A Sermon On Amos 7:7-17 and Luke 10:25-37
It’s not too difficult to make some connections between the man in today’s gospel (Luke 8:26-29) and ourselves and what has happened in Uvalde. Though his circumstances may be different from ours, we’re not that different from him. The man…
Read More Enlarging Life In Uvalde – A Sermon On Luke 8:26-39
Photo by Chris Barbalis on Unsplash Jesus said to the disciples, "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.” When I read today’s gospel (John 16:12-15) about the unbearable and began preparing this sermon I thought…
Read More Living The Unbearable In Uvalde – A Sermon On John 16:12-15
We will never get over what has happened - children were killed, our hearts have been broken, and an image of our hometown has been shattered - but as I said Thursday evening my hope and belief, and even my…
Read More A Better Question For Uvalde
Have you seen the front page of today’s newspaper? It’s the first issue since the shooting. When I saw the front page this morning I said to myself, “That’s what I feel like.” Look at it. There’s a date, May…
Read More Uvalde Weeps – A Sermon On Jeremiah 31:15-17
The following liturgy will be prayed this evening, May 26, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. central time in person and online at St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas. Officiant: Light and peace, in Jesus Christ our Lord.People: Thanks be to God.…
Read More Prayer For Uvalde – Lament And Hope, Light In The Darkness
Interrupting the Silence 